Windward Heights简介，目录书摘

2020-01-16 16:07 来源：京东作者：京东

编辑推荐:Set in the Caribbean amidst the societal and political turbulence at the turn of the nineteenth century, this fascinating story is a retelling, with some substantial reworking of plot and characters, of Emily Bronte's classic, Wuthering Heights. It is the steamy, sometimes sordid, recounting of the passionate love between Razye, the dark-skinned, dark-tempered foundling, and Cathy, the beautiful and high-spirited mulatto. As in Bronte's classic, the story unfolds through the narratives of various characters, allowing a many-faceted view of circumstances, characters, and events, and highlighting the intensity of the complex interrelated issues involving family, politics, race, religion, and class. Conde's portrayal of characters is universally somewhat unflattering. Razyeis mean, perverse, and obsessed. Cathy, spurning her passion for Razye, marries into Creole society and dies very young during the birth of her daughter. Her death only heightens Razye's obsession, however, and the drama is played out in future generations. Conde's rich prose, translated from French, does justice to the complexity of the story and makes this book difficult to put down.

内容简介:Prizewinning writer Maryse Cond reimagines Emily Bront's passionate novel as a tale of obsessive love between the "African" Rayz and Cathy, the mulatto daughter of the man who takes Rayz in and raises him, but whose treatment goads him into rebellious flight. Retaining the emotional power of the original, Cond shows us Caribbean society in the wake of emancipation.

作者简介:Maryse Cond is the author of many books, including the novels Crossing the Mangrove; I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem; and Segu.

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